English Dictionary

masses

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmæs.ɪz/

名詞

複数形 複数形のみ

(generically) People, especially a large number of people; the general population. / The total population. / The lower classes or all but the elite.

日本語の意味

一般大衆、民衆（大勢の人々、一般の人々を指す） / 全人口、総人口 / 下層階級、非エリート層

The politician promised reforms to win support from the masses.

その政治家は一般の人々の支持を得るために改革を約束した。

意味（1）

(generically) People, especially a large number of people; the general population.

Since first tossing its cartoonish, good-time cock-rock to the masses in the early ’00s, The Darkness has always fallen back on this defense: The band is a joke, but hey, it’s a good joke. With Hot Cakes—the group’s third album, and first since reforming last year—the laughter has died. In its place is the sad wheeze of the last surviving party balloon slowly, listlessly deflating.

意味（2）

The total population.

The masses will be voting this Tuesday.

意味（3）

The lower classes or all but the elite.

[…] the ignorant masses […]